Urquhart Overcomes Grinham For WSA Victorian Victory by Howard Harding July 13, 2014
- Donna Urquhart laid claim to the title 'Australian number one' after
upsetting the country's long-time top squash player Rachael Grinham in
today's final of the Women's Victorian Open, the Women's Squash
Association World Tour 15 event at Melbourne Sports & Aquatic
Centre in Melbourne.
Grinham, the event's
top seed and former world No1 and world champion, notched up her 67th
WSA Tour final appearance - and her fourth of the year - after beating
New Zealand's No4 seed Megan Craig in the semi-finals.
Second seed Urquhart,
ranked ten places below world No15 Grinham, despatched third-seeded
Malaysian Delia Arnold in straight games in the other semi - a win
which took the 27-year-old left-hander from New South Wales into her
14th Tour final, but first for almost two years.
Each game of the final
went to a tie-break before underdog Urquhart finally emerged triumphant
12-10, 14-12, 12-10 after 33 minutes.
Urquhart received her
trophy from Australian legend Geoff Hunt, the eight-time British Open
champion and four-time World champion.
The win marks up Urquhart's eighth Tour title.
RESULTS: Women's Victorian Open, Melbourne, Australia
